Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-06-17
COMMUNICATIONS.
The Democratic ConventiOn.--
Those Wonderful "ReSolu-
tiOnS."

EDS. CITIZEN: The proceedings OF
the Democrats in their County Con-
yention last Monday are so amusing
as to make them the subject of re-
mark. They "resolute" in every
conceivable way and on all subjects
they thought might catch them a
vote. The effort was to spread a net
wide enough to take in all manner
of fish, but it will only capture gud-
peons. They appeal to every preju-
dice and evidently seek to create AMI
mostly among citizens. What they
don't "denounce" they "deplore." "
with tears in their eyes no doubt.
They made another heroic effort to
keep up the historic reputation OF
their party as one "of obstruction
ists.n Allow me briefly to refer to
the resolutions they passed as
proof of this
The first one says, "they re-aflirm
the principles OF the Chicago platform
on which Grover Cleveland was elect,
ed" Now, who, or how many OF
that Convention if called upon could
tell what those "principles" were!
The only thing remembered about
that platform" is its declaration for
"a tariff for revenue only" And from
this has arisen the great split in their
party-one wing led by Morrison
Carlisle, etc., in favor of the revenue
only'idea, and the other wing by Ran,
dali ETC. for the Republican doctrine ol
a tariff for protection. On this tarllf
question the two wings have SO differ
ed and quarreled that they have been
unable to do anything in Congress 80
far on the subject and arc without
prospect or hope of eve! agreeing In
their views. Is not the reference to
the Chicago platform then an unfor'
tunate one?
The second and third resolutions
"endorsen President Cleveland and
Mr.. Speaker Carlisle, and the fourth
and fifth "denounce" the Republicans
as usual and according to rule.
The sixth resolution is the most
fearfulIy and wonderfully made OF the
lot. Nobody can be found who Is
able to interpret it. 1t seems to have
reference to our Judges and Courts,
and, although carefully avoiding to
saw so. is an indirect endorsement oil
whiskey drinking and license. Our
Judpes themselves have reason to
take exceptions to such partisan en-
dorsement. To be endorsed by the
Democratic party on the whiskey
question places them in wrong com
pany, and they might well exclaim,
"wbat have / done that my enemy
praises me-" The resolution, after
i'congratulating" the people upon the
"priyate characters" of our Judges,
and so forth, winds up by saying, that
tbey, the Democrats, "deplore the ac-
tion of the Republican party, through
it's convention and press, in unjustly
rejecting upon the judicial action OF
our Courts" Now, when the Demo
Gratis "deplore" anything it makes q
had state of affairs. The sincerity OF
the "deplore" bobs Immediately up
in every intelligent mans mind.
Poor fellows, how sympathetic and
sincere they are! What wasted griei
and sorrow! For long time they
have been accustomed to "deplore" "
everything good, every reform and
every progress in politics or society
They "deplore" the late war against
rebellion and they will no doubt keep
on deploring while the spirits move
them
But what was in the action of the
Republican party or convention that
should cause this "deploreW The
late Republican County Convention.
to which we suppose is referred,
merely and very mildly EXPIRE ssed re.
gret that retrcgrade movement had
been made on the license question.
Was there anything wrong or untrue
in that? To ''retrograde" m cans to
90 back-to move backward, not for,
ward. Last year we had no licenses
granted by the Court. This year
there were licenses granted. Was
this not retrograding or going back
to license? Certainly it was-and
almost everybody 30 expressed them
selves at the time.
But we must hasten to the balance
of the "resolutes The seventh one
says, "that they favor such legisla-
tion as best promotes the interests Of
the laboring men" OF course they
do-and always haye-more particu,
larry in their 'free trade" doctrines
and against the protection principle
that gives the laboring man good
wages and steady employment.
The eighth say that they "denounce
gambling in wheat, coffee and other
necessaries of life" Our breath was
almost taken when reading this reso
luton. The first thing that will
strike the mind is the omission OF one
of the important "necessaries of life. D
After wheat, rye should have came
in, "old rye" 1t is one OF the "ne-
cessaries of lite," according to Demo
cratic usage, and is protected by their
doctrine of hostility to all "sumptu.
ary laws" But then there is coffee
too This raises n new issue in our
politics And it is hard to tell where
it may run TO Coffee is used by oil
and no man or set of men should
gamble in it. 1t appears that there
has been q failure in the coffee crop
of Brazil, or some other country, and
as consequence the price has gone
up. But this cannot last long. The
price is already coming down. The
Democrats have less cause to COM
plain about ccfIee than other people,
because they have other stimulants
to fail back upon. There was but
one addition that should have been
made to this resolution, and then the
whole ground would have been cover
ed. They should kaye added tea
BY this they would have drawn the
sympathy of the women to their
ticket and cause. And then they
should have wound up by denounc.
ing and deploring the existence of the
bad place, and their labors would
have been complete. Yours, &c,
June Is, '87. BUTLER.
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